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  2. PERSONAL EXPERIENCES

    Some years ago I was standing with a friend on the platform of the railway station at the foot of a Scottish lake. With the exception of ...

    Article : 191 words
  3. SOMEWHAT CONFUSED.

    Sir Boyle Roche's wild contusions of metaphor have, many of them, as rich a flavour to-day as they had when they first convulsed the Irish ...

    Article : 380 words
  4. UNIQUE MOTOR-CYCLE.

    An inventor in Camden, Maine, U.S.A., has attached two extra wheels to the rear of his motor-cycle, converting it into a unique but ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 107 words
  5. WEDDING PRESENTS.

    In England it is the invariable custom for the would-be bridegroom to give his lady-love a ring on her consent being given to their ...

    Article : 823 words
  6. BRAINS OF MAN AND MONKEY

    Scientists at toe Government hospital for the Insane at Washington have just concluded a series of experiments which it is claimed will ...

    Article : 765 words
  7. LEARNING TENNIS.

    Nine men out of ten on taking up tennis start playing right away. This is both selfish and a mistake— selfish, because it is no fun for ...

    Article : 197 words
  8. A COLLISION AT SEA.

    Just after three bells (1.30 a.m.) in the middle watch on a night in February, 1906, the combined fleets of England were ploughing their way ...

    Article : 591 words
  9. HOME OF GREAT GUNS.

    Essen the home of the great Kurpp gun works, is one of the most conspic[?]s examples of a one-man town. It is practically just a ...

    Article : 770 words
  10. CHECK FOR FISHING LINE.

    Many fishermen have trouble with their reels in casting, owing to the back lash of the reel running too fast for the unwinding line. A ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 195 words
  11. A WEIRD EXPERIENCE.

    Rate ? Ugh! the very same makes me shiver, and is as repugnant to me as to the most timorous woman alive. ...

    Article : 667 words
  12. CULTIVATION OF COTTON IN EGYPT.

    During the last few years there has been carried out important hydraulic work in Egypt, in order to provide a remedy for the great dryness of the ...

    Article : 327 words
  13. MIGHT HURT HIS FEELINGS.

    Sarcastic cabby, with exaggerated politeness, to remarkably stout old lady who has just paid the minimum fare, with no tip: ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  14. THE HAND ON THE HANDLE.

    Watch a careful batsman playing his first over, and take special notice of how he is holding his bat you will probably find that he is ...

    Article : 350 words
  15. HE GOT THE PART.

    When Bertie Badactor took to flying, his company took to wondering how long he would remain all in one piece. And one day the inevitable ...

    Article : 252 words
  16. INTERVIEWED.

    One day a well-known politician was enjoying a chat with a friend at a London hotel, when a strange young man came up and said:— ...

    Article : 231 words
  17. PASSION, WHERE ART THOU?

    He took the proffered, gloveless hand in his while high above them blew soft breezes, which, descending fanned the stifling air that sought ...

    Article : 249 words
  18. BIG GAME.

    I was in Central India and hering from a shikara (hunter) that a panther as in the habit of coming to a certain place in the ...

    Article : 571 words
  19. ADDRESS UNKNOWN.

    The financial difficulties of aspirants for literary fame have inspired many an anecdote. "Here is a poem on the Emerald ...

    Article : 124 words
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